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• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C05—FERTILISERS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF
  • C05B—PHOSPHATIC FERTILISERS
  • C05B7/00—Fertilisers based essentially on alkali or ammonium orthophosphates
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C05—FERTILISERS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF
  • C05B—PHOSPHATIC FERTILISERS
  • C05B9/00—Fertilisers based essentially on phosphates or double phosphates of magnesium

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• the present invention relates to solid, highly soluble fertilizer compositions, comprising Monobasic Calcium Phosphate (MCP) and/or Monobasic Magnesium Phosphate (MMgP), together with alkali metal double phosphates, which compositions are solid, freely flowing and highly soluble, and to a method for preparing said compositions.
• MCP Monobasic Calcium Phosphate
• MgP Monobasic Magnesium Phosphate
• Monobasic Calcium Phosphate (MCP) Ca(H 2 PO 4 ) 2 and Monobasic Magnesium Phosphate (MMgP) Mg(H 2 PO 4 ) 2 are widely used as fertilizers. They have the drawback of being only slightly soluble in water, whereas such fertilizers are usually applied in aqueous solutions. However, solubility, while essential, is not the only property required. Fertilizers must be packed, shipped and handled, and therefore must have appropriate physical properties, viz. must be adapted to form granules or powders that are free flowing, have low hygroscopicity, do not tend to agglomerate, and so forth. The art does not provide such fertilizers or their formulations having such optimal physical characteristics, in addition to high solubility.
• compositions comprising MCP and/or MMgP, that have such desirable physical properties.
• compositions which contain other fertilizer compounds, preferably potassium compounds.
• the present invention in one of its aspects, provides fertilizers formulations comprising the following components: 1) at least one monobasic earth-alkali metal phosphate, chosen from among Calcium Phosphate (MCP) Ca(H 2 PO 4 ) 2 , Magnesium Phosphate (MMgP) Mg(H 2 PO 4 ) 2 , or mixtures thereof; 2) at least one alkali metal phosphate; and 3) Phosphoric Acid (PA) H 3 PO 4 .
• the alkali metal phosphate will be generally indicated hereinafter by MALP, and is preferably Monopotassium Phosphate (MKP) KH 2 PO 4 .
• the term “alkali metal”, as used herein, should be construed as including NH 4 .
• the said formulations are an object of the invention.
• they are subjected to a homogenizing, drying and heating processing, from which are obtained fertilizer compositions that can be stored, shipped and used for making aqueous solutions, said solution being applied to the areas to be fertilized.
• the alkali metal phosphate MALP reacts with PA to form a double salt, that will be indicated as AH 5 (PO 4 ) 2 or, shortly, HAP, and is KH 5 (PO 4 ) 2 if the alkali metal is potassium.
• the original mixture which contains an alkali metal phosphate MALP and H 3 PO 4
• the processed material which contains the double salt HAP and, optionally, an amount of MALP
• the original mixture will be called hereinafter “fertilizer formulation” and the processed material will be called hereinafter “fertilizer composition”.
• compositions, after processing, comprise therefore MCP or MMgP and HAP, and may comprise an amount of MALP.
• the molar ratios of said components depend on the molar ratios of the formulations from which they derive.
• the molar ratio of CaO and/or MgO to P 2 O 5 is the same as in the corresponding formulation.
• the molar ratio of MALP to HAP is from zero to 60%. Small departures from said limits may also be acceptable.
• additional components may be present to supply additional fertilizer moieties or for other purposes known in the fertilizer art.
• Another aspect of the invention is a process for the preparation of the compositions of the invention from the corresponding formulations.
• Said process comprises the steps of preparing the formulation, preferably in the form of a watery paste; introducing said formulation into an drying oven of a material resistant to said components (particularly to the PA); and mechanically homogenizing the mixture, while concurrently drying it by heating under a vacuum.
• compositions can be dissolved in water at room temperature or above it, and form clear solutions. Their solubility varies from 10 to 40% by weight, the higher solubilities being attained when the earth-alkali metal is magnesium. Solutions of 1 wt % of the above compositions have pH 2 ⁇ 2.5.
• compositions in their solid, dry state are as follows: grain size of their granulates or powders 0.05 ⁇ diameter ⁇ 1.0 mm; bulk density of the 0.5 ⁇ 1.2; hygroscopicity 50 ⁇ 70% C.R.H. (critical relative humidity); free flowability index, determined as described below, 40-70%.
• the free flowing index is determined as follows. A funnel of stainless steel is used, having a smooth surface, a top diameter of 100 mm and a bottom diameter of 10 mm. 300 grams of the substance under examination are introduced into said funnel while keeping its bottom opening closed. Then the bottom opening is opened, the substance is allowed to flow into a receiving container, and the time required for it to flow completely through the funnel is measured. The same measurement is carried out for a substance used as standard.
• the standard substance is MKP and t o is 16 seconds. It is clear that the more quickly the substance under examination flows, the higher is its flowability index.
• compositions of the invention are crystalline.
• X-ray analysis shows two types of crystals: those of earth-alkali metal monophosphates Ca (H 2 PO 4 ) 2 and/or Mg(H 2 PO 4 ) 2 and crystals of AH 2 PO 4 and AH5(PO4)2, where A is the alkali metal.
• the formulations can be ground, sieved and packed, e.g., in bags, for storage, transportation and selling to users, and they give clear aqueous solutions even close to or at saturation concentration.
• CaO(MgO) CaO(MgO): CaO(MgO): A 2 O P 2 O 5 T A 2 O P 2 O 5 T Salt 0.35 ⁇ 0.66 0.14 ⁇ 0.21 0.062 ⁇ 0.74 0.032 ⁇ 0.224 Ca(H 2 PO 4 ] 0.56 ⁇ 1.76 0.19 ⁇ 0.33 0.13 ⁇ 2.12 0.075 ⁇ 0.35 Mg(H 2 PO4] where A is either K, Na or NH 4 . where A is either K, Na or NH 4 .
• T means total phosphoric anhydride, viz. the total amount of the P 2 O 5 in the composition, comprising that which is part of the earth-alkali phosphates, the alkali phosphates and the phosphoric acid.
• the agitator was operated at 50 rpm. Once the charge was completed, heating was begun by means of a heating jacket with circulation of hot oil having a temperature of 120° C. Subsequently a vacuum pump was actuated, gradually to avoid loss of material due to violent boiling since the vacuum may reach 50 mbar. Water was removed during two hours until the water content of the drier content was lowered to 0.36%. A powdery material is thus obtained, which is free-flowing and may be extracted and transferred to a storage vessel. A portion thereof remains in the oven, sticking to the agitator and the walls.
• the extracted powdery material has the granulometry shown in the following table, in which the first column indicates the weight percentage of the fractions the size range of which is indicated in the second column in millimeters.
• the product further contains the following metals:
• the drying oven used is the same as in Example 1.
• the materials charged into it are:
• the agitator was operated at 50 rpm. Once the charge was completed, heating was begun by means of a heating jacket with circulation of hot oil having a temperature of 120° C. Subsequently a vacuum pump was actuated, gradually to avoid loss of material due to violent boiling since the vacuum may reach 50 mbar. Water was removed during two hours until the water content of the drier content was lowered to 1.5%. A powdery material is thus obtained, which is free-flowing and may be extracted and transferred to a storage vessel. A portion thereof remains in the oven, sticking to the agitator and the walls.
• the extracted powdery material has the granulometry shown in the following table, in which the first column indicates the weight percentage of the fractions the size range of which is indicated in the second column in millimeters.
• the pH is 2.5.
• the product further contains the following metals:
• the drying oven used is the same as in Example 1.
• the materials charged into it are:
• the agitator was operated at 50 rpm. Once the charge was completed, heating was begun by means of a heating jacket with circulation of hot oil having a temperature of 120° C. Subsequently a vacuum pump was actuated, gradually to avoid loss of material due to violent boiling since the vacuum may reach 50 mbar. Water was removed during two hours until the water content of the drier content was lowered to 1.1%. A powdery material is thus obtained, which is free-flowing and may be extracted and transferred to a storage vessel. A portion thereof remains in the oven, sticking to the agitator and the walls. The extracted powdery material has the granulometry shown in the following table, in which the first column indicates the weight percentage of the fractions the size range of which is indicated in the second column in millimeters.
• the pH is 3.0.
• the product further contains the following metals:

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